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Xiaoxu Zheng, known as Sunkan (courtesy name) and also Haicang (pseudonym) was born in Fuzhou, China. Zheng was involved in political revolution of Qing dynasty. After collapse of Qing dynasty, he dedicated himself to establishment of Manchukuo. With help from Japan, Zheng restored the last emperor of Qing dynasty, Puyi, and served as the first prime minister in 1932, but soon he found Japanese army had a very different political agenda from his. His relationship with Japan got worse in 1935. Later, he resigned from his position due to many disagreements with Japan. Besides political influence, Zheng’s achievement of poetry and calligraphy is also well-recognized. He was one of the leaders in a Tongguang-style poem group (a group consists of followers of Sung dynasty poets), and his calligraphy deeply influenced the development of calligraphy in Korea and Japan.

Zheng, Xiaoxu, knowned as Sunkan (courtesy name) and also Haicang (pseudonyms) was born in Fuzhou, China. Zheng insisted on political revolution of Qing dynasty and later dedicated himself to the establishment of Manchukuo after the collapse of Qing dynasty. With the help from Japan, Zheng restored the last emperor of Qing dynasty, Puyi and served as the first prime minister in 1932, but soon he found out Japanese army had a very different political agenda. His relationships with Japan got worse in 1935. With more and more disagreements with Japan, he resigned from his position. After three years later, he died in Changchun, China. Besides political influence, Zheng’s achievement of poetry and calligraphy is also well-recognized. He is one of the leaders of the Tongguang-style poem group (the followers of Sung dynasty poets) and his calligraphy has deeply influenced on the development of calligraphy in Korea and Japan.